US 11,701,790 B2
Method and apparatus for turning pens
Matthew A. Myers, Strongsville, OH (US); and Jeffery E. Farris, Medina, OH (US)
Assigned to WOODPECKERS, LLC, Strongsville, OH (US)
Filed by Woodpeckers, LLC, Strongsville, OH (US)
Filed on Nov. 19, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/952,693.
Prior Publication US 2022/0152863 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. B27C 7/00 (2006.01); B27C 7/04 (2006.01); B23B 23/02 (2006.01)
CPC B27C 7/005 (2013.01) [B23B 23/02 (2013.01); B27C 7/04 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of turning a blank comprising:
inserting a body of a head stock assembly into a head stock of a lathe;
inserting at least a portion of a mandrel shaft into a through opening defined in the head stock assembly;
securing the portion of the mandrel shaft within the head stock assembly in place with a collet formed from a front portion of the head stock assembly body and a cap threadably engaged therewith;
positioning a first bushing on the mandrel shaft with a head thereof abutting the cap of the head stock assembly;
engaging a blank with a body of the first bushing;
positioning a second bushing on the mandrel shaft with a body thereof engaged with the blank opposite the first bushing;
moving a tail stock assembly engaged with a tail stock of the lathe from a first position wherein the mandrel shaft is exterior of a through opening defined in the tail stock assembly to a second position wherein at least a portion of the mandrel shaft is inserted within the through opening defined in the tail stock assembly and a nose cone of the tail stock assembly is abutting a body of the second bushing;
securing the portion of the mandrel shaft within the tail stock assembly in place with a collet formed from a front portion of a bearing assembly of the tail stock assembly and the nose cone of the tail stock assembly;
rotating the turning assembly with the lathe; and
turning the blank with at least one lathe tool.